Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-01-29
EASTERN AND FOREIGN NEWS.

The Lorillard strikers are returning to
work.
Pittsburg horses have disease resembling
"pink-eye."
The Austrian War budgets to be increased
by $4,000, 900.
Gold and silver have been found in Bote.
tourt county, Va.
Earthquake shocks were felt at several
towns in the South OF France.
Maine lady has refused $z, for her
tresses, eight feet one inch long.
The marriage of Prince Roland Bonaparte
and Princess Letitia will take Place in April
at Turin.
Exactly $50 lives have been lost so far in
the construction of the Croton aqueduct near
New York city.
Gov. Swineford alleges that the white
population Of Alaska has more than doubled
in eighteen months.
An Englishman with mania for pinching
has been operating on hundreds Of young
women in New Orleans.
| The Vanderbilts are accused Of concoct.
ing scheme to evade the provisions OF the
Interstate Commerce bill.
DR.. Mouritz recently sounded the crater oil
the Molokai volcano to depth Of 3, 500
feet, without finding bottom.
At Kosciusko, Miss, Mayor Clark ha.
bound over four white men for whipping a
negro to death, and held four others to bail.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa.
ny is compelling its employees to sign az ,dge
to abstain from the use Of intoxicating liq.
uors.
The Vienna journals are making IN appsa
for an old woman named Madeleine Pouka
who on the a4th of December completed he
nth year.
While coasting at waynesburg. Ohio. Par.
vey Mcclellan, aged twelve, dashed irto 8
wire fence, the barbs cutting his throat, caus
ing death.
Fort Jackson, near the mouth ofshe Missis
sippi, is in danger of being undermined and
ruined owing to change Of bed Of branch
OF the river.
OF the kI,7I5, expended the past year by
the Egyptian Exploration Fund, ESoo came
from the United State through its American
representative.
At Albirn, Ind, John Tobin knocked hi,
wife senseless and laid her on the railroad
track. An approaching train aroused her il
time to save her life.
Baroness Burdett Coutts has guaranteed
the Egyptian Relief Expedition against pc
cuniary loss. Over ego, 900 has already beer
subscribed privately.
There is very little chance for the passag,
by Congress of the bill appropriating $3.50.
900 for the purchase of site for Postoffic,
building in San Francisco.
There istalk of celebrating at Fotheringal
and Peterborough the 3eoth anniversary o
the execution OF Mary, Queen Of Scots, whicl
will occur on February 9Th next.
Mrs. Boulanger of Branch county, Mich.
gave birth to twins two years ago. A yea
later she gave birth to triplets. Last Christina
she added four more little Boulangers to tn
family.
Statistics of the New York postoffice shov
that the loss of revenue from the reduction
Of letter postage to two cents, has alread.
been compensated for by increase of bust
ness.
A Dakota citizen has invented new kint
of prairie schooner, or rather snow yacht.
will comfortably carry twenty persons, AM
in recent trial trip. made twenty two mile
in an hour.
Mrs. X. Monsarrat wife Of the Presiden
Of the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Rail
way, was recently arrested in drygoods stor
at Cleveland Ohio. on charge of shop-lift
ing. 1t is believed that she is akleptomaniac
Mrs. Langtry denies the truth of the stor
published in Brooklyn paper, saying tina
her husband had succumbed to liquor an
had died OF delrium tremens in London, an
that she would become Mrs. Fred Gebhard
in the spring.
The execution of Thomas and his wife 70
burning their aged mother to death tool
place at Paris. When the time came for tn
woman to die she struggled 6ercely with tn
executioners, and cried for mercy. She ha'
to be carried to the guillotine. The ma
met his fate coolly.
The Austrian Mint is making 10000 silve
medals for the Bulgarian Government, ant
10000 others in bronze are being made b
private hrm. These are to reward the sol
diers who fought in the war against Servia